If you know the

person's name,

end with Yours

sincerely. If you

don't know their

name, end with

Yours faithfully

(UK) or Yours

truly (US). Then

sign and print

your name.

Useful language

First lines: I am writing (as I would like) to ... I am writing in response to your letter of (date). I am writing (as I would like to) apologise for + noun/-ing	Requesting: I would appreciate it if you could / would + verb
	Formal/informal register: I want to = I would like to /1 wish to give = supply so = therefore because = as
Last lines: I hope you will consider my application / look into the matter. I look forward to hearing from you.	Forms of address: Mrs and Miss can be used instead of Ms for women if you know their marital status.

Letters of application

Nowy Świat 50

00-472 Warsaw

Poland

The Personnel Manager Britair

Heathrow Airport London

15th December 2002

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing in response to the advertisement on your website for flight attendants.

My name is Agnieszka Cezary and I am 23 years old. At present,

I am working as a tour guide on sightseeing tours of Warsaw.

I have been doing this since I graduated from Warsaw University last year. As you can see from my CV, I have a degree in modern languages and can speak English, French and German fluently. In my job, I mainly accompany tourists on half-day and full-day tours of Warsaw. However, I sometimes have to accompany five-day tours of Poland, when I am responsible for looking after the tourists.

When I was a student, I also had a part-time job at the information desk at Warsaw airport.

I believe I would make a good flight attendant as I enjoy meeting people and have good communication skills.

I enclose my CV and look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Agnieszka Cezary

Agnieszka Cezary

Write the name

and address of the person you are writing to.

If you don't know their name, write their job title (e.g. Sales Manager,

Managing

Director).

Write your

address, but

not your name

in the top right

corner.

Write the date

in full (either

15th December

2002 or December 15th

2002) under

both addresses,

either on the left

or on the right.

Use Dear Sir/Madam to

start if you

don't know the

person's name.

If you do, write

Dear Ms/Mr

Jones.

Don't use

contractions

(/ am instead of

I'm). Try to use

formal vocabulary,

e.g. accompany

instead of go with.

If you don't know

the person's

name, end

with Yours

faithfully {UK)

or Yours truly

(US). If you do

know their name,

end with Yours

sincerely. Then

sign and print

your name.

Useful language

First lines: I am writing in reply to the advertisement in The Times of 12th December for (job name). I am writing to apply to join the Carlton Club.	Describing jobs/skills: I am responsible for... I have to... I have good managerial/communication skills.
Last lines: I hope you will consider my application.

Forms

Mr (= man), Ms (= woman), Miss (= single woman), Mrs (= married woman)

Also Last name or Family name.

PLEASE USE BLOCK CAPITALS

Title:

Surname:

First name(s): D.O.B:

Marital Status: (please circle)

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Street:

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Daytime telephone number:

Evening telephone number:

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Also Forename(s)

Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms

STEVENSON

MICHAEL

06/02/76

D.O.B. = Date of birth

06/02 = 6th February (UK)

or June 2nd (US)

13 B POTTERS LANE

STOKE-ON-TRENT

STAFFORDSHIRE

ST 6 7 GH

01785 34254

01785 23145

07768 34534

mstevenson@hotmail.com

GARDENER

NONE

Also zip code (US)

Occupation = Job

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